apprise

/\a.pʁiz\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,962

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

apprise is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin singulier de appris. Pronounced \a.pʁiz\. Often confused with appuie and appuis.

Key facts for apprise
PropertyValue
Headwordapprise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\a.pʁiz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,962
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of apprise in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for apprise is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pʁiz\. Corpus data places it at rank #26,962 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin singulier de appris.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for apprise, with forms such as "appirse", "appries", and "apprisse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "appuie", "appuis", "apprit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is apprise, spelled A-P-P-R-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de appris.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: appirse,appries,apprisse,apprrise,apprsie,aprise,aprpise,paprise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for apprise

Misspelling Variants of "apprise"

appirse7appries7apprisse8apprrise8apprsie7aprise6aprpise7paprise7
Misspelling Variants of "apprise"

Frequency rank: #26,962 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apprise"?
"apprise" is spelled A-P-P-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁiz\.
What does "apprise" mean?
As an adj, "apprise" means: Féminin singulier de appris.
What words are commonly confused with "apprise"?
"apprise" is commonly confused with "appuie", "appuis", "apprit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apprise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apprise" is \a.pʁiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apprise" come from?
"apprise" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.